The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,C. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; ... [and 25 others in London]; and Deighton and Sons, Cambridge; and A. Black, and J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh., 1824 |
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... following letters , several of which are without date ; a neglect of which Pope in one instance accuses Lady Mary , but of which he appears to have been himself at least equally guilty . self worse to you than to any other woman ,
... following letters , several of which are without date ; a neglect of which Pope in one instance accuses Lady Mary , but of which he appears to have been himself at least equally guilty . self worse to you than to any other woman ,
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... heart , as it is improved and awakened by an esteem for you : but since you tell me you believe me , I fancy my expressions have not at least been entirely unfaithful to those thoughts , to which I am 26 LETTERS TO AND FROM.
... heart , as it is improved and awakened by an esteem for you : but since you tell me you believe me , I fancy my expressions have not at least been entirely unfaithful to those thoughts , to which I am 26 LETTERS TO AND FROM.
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... least attend you to the sea - coast , and cast a last look after the sails that transported you , if I liked Italy enough to reside in it . But I believe , I should be as uneasy in a country where I saw others persecuted by the rogues ...
... least attend you to the sea - coast , and cast a last look after the sails that transported you , if I liked Italy enough to reside in it . But I believe , I should be as uneasy in a country where I saw others persecuted by the rogues ...
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... least you might pass to your banishment by the most pleasant way ; that all the road might be roses and myrtles , and a thousand objects rise round you , agreeable enough to make England less desirable to you . It is not now my interest ...
... least you might pass to your banishment by the most pleasant way ; that all the road might be roses and myrtles , and a thousand objects rise round you , agreeable enough to make England less desirable to you . It is not now my interest ...
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... least attend you to the sea - coasts , and cast a last look after the sails that transported you . But per- haps I might care as little to stay behind you ; and be full as uneasy to live in a country where I saw others persecuted by the ...
... least attend you to the sea - coasts , and cast a last look after the sails that transported you . But per- haps I might care as little to stay behind you ; and be full as uneasy to live in a country where I saw others persecuted by the ...
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Página 99 - I am confident it is the prettiest kind of white soul in the universe. But I forget whom I am talking to; you may possibly by this time believe, according to the prophet, that you have none ; if so, show me that which comes next to a soul; you may easily put it upon a poor ignorant Christian for a soul, and please him as well with it; — I mean your heart; — Mahomet, I think, allows you hearts; which (together with fine eyes and other agreeable equivalents) are worth all the souls on this side...
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Página 225 - English stages, and it is only by a blind confidence in the reputation of Milton that a drama can be praised in which the intermediate parts have neither cause nor consequence, neither hasten nor retard the catastrophe.
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Página 209 - Spencer ; and I will take care to make good in every respect what I said to him when living ; particularly as to the triplet he wrote for his own epitaph ; which, while we were in good terms, I promised him should never appear on his tomb while I was dean of Westminster.
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